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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
6
J E Bridgman describes a barn design optimized for feed storage and tool keeping with a bone of barn layout separating crib and fodder area, wind and air flow features, a corn chute system, beekeeping safe grain catch, and durable foundations. The plan stresses weatherproofing and coated wood as standard protection for long use.
The Hessian fly causes extensive losses to wheat, with annual crop reductions of about 60 million bushels and similar dollars. It attacks wheat, rye, and barley, thrives in moist warm weather, and is weakened by drought and cold. Control relies on field sanitation, burning or deep plowing of stubble, destroying volunteer wheat, crop rotation, and selective wheat strips that can be destroyed when larvae are present.
A detailed description of building three stock pens arranged across a 38 foot width. It explains gate layout, hinged openings, and fence construction with wooden projections and loops to keep gates aligned. The text notes a home-made approach and mentions wooden posts, loops, and securing methods.
An old column advises smallholders to diversify on three acres by growing bee crops, potatoes, cabbage and peaches while also cultivating timber and selling to nearby towns. It notes the middle west becoming a truck farming area with higher prices, stresses land ownership patterns, and offers pruning tips emphasizing sharp tools, steady support, and regular orchard shaping.
A neighbor hired corn busk ers during husking time and followed with his plow, turning under the crop. He later reported a good crop the following year.
The herd of swine should be of uniform color and the lots for market be as uniform in size shape and color as possible. Packers pay more for this kind of hogs.
A collage of anecdotes and curiosities from a New York dinner, a London glass of champagne, and a note from a maid. The piece blends satirical musings on authority with snippets about a frontier landmark, culinary remedies, and a patient’s recovery from gastritis with grape nuts.
A collage of vignettes including a crooked bookkeeper joke and Mr. Wadhams seeking clues in a chicken coop. A father and son dispute over the last dumpling, a captain’s derringer incident, and a zoological note on London zoo animal clipping. Also a social progress joke about a washerwoman turned dressmaker and a bride query.
The statement explains that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna use California figs to improve taste while the active medicinal principles come from beneficial plant sources. It urges consumers to buy only genuine California Fig Syrup Co. products as sold by leading druggists.
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